Bloomberg Law
June 27, 2019, 7:51 PM UTC

LGBTQ Lawyers On Job Hunt Still Fear Facing Firms’ Barriers

Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Special Correspondent

When Keith Wetmore was featured in a cover story for California Lawyer in 1992 the publication was flooded with a stream of hate mail with angry lawyers calling the piece “repulsive” and “sick.”

Readers were upset because Wetmore, who is gay, had been profiled alongside several other gay and lesbian Big Law attorneys in a story called “Gays at Law: Life in a Straight-Laced Profession.”

Wetmore says he has seen major change since then. In 2000, he became the first openly gay AmLaw100 chairman, leading Morrison & Foerster for 12 years. He’s now a managing director with legal executive search ...

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